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Old June 1st 17, 03:33 AM posted to sci.space.policy
Bob Haller
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Default Space will be unusable in 20 years unless junk is cleaned up says expert

On Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 5:15:43 PM UTC-4, Fred J. McCall wrote:
wrote:

"Space will be unusable within 20 years unless something is done to clean up the
170 million pieces of debris orbiting the Earth and constantly growing in number.

That's the opinion of Dr Ben Greene, CEO of Space Environment Research Centre
(SERC), who today (31 May) hosted an event in Canberra, Australia, to figure out
how to clean up Earth's orbital space."

See:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/space-will-...expert-1624141


Space is big. Really, really big.


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"Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar
territory."
--G. Behn



big certinally. however the debris tend to expand and collide and create even more junk